Specialized Camber Expert Carbon Evo 29 2015 Review
The camber truly exceeded our expectations as an all rounder.
Specialized camber expert carbon evo 29 2015 review. What attracted you to the specialized camber evo 29. Specialized camber expert carbon evo review. Mud clearance is adequate with 1cm of room with the stock 2 3 inch specialized tire. Specialized camber comp 29 review.
A selfish ulterior motive was behind our decision to publish this dual tester review on the specialized camber expert carbon evo 29 despite the fact that we ve already given this bike top billing in our 2014 bible of bike tests. It s a bike that missed our illustrious trail bike of the year award in 2014 by a whisker but bounced back for 2015 with a better spec a flashy new paint job and a generous discount. The camber evo 29 starts at just 3 000 for the base model with a m5 alloy frame. There s also a 6 000 camber expert carbon evo 29 with a carbon frame internal routing upgraded parts spec and specialized s integrated storage water air tools swat.
While the s works camber has a full carbon frame the carbon in the name of the expert only refers to the mainframe which also has a cheaper slightly heavier layup. Up front it uses a beautifully formed fact 9m carbon main triangle with features that include full internal cable routing a tapered head tube and a massively oversized pressfit 30 bottom bracket that ensures no effort is wasted when you stomp on the pedals. Reviews ratings specifications weight price and more for the 2015 specialized camber expert carbon evo 29 bike. Built with a tough and trail ready component spec the 120mm travel camber fsr expert carbon evo features a rockshox pike rc fork with a tapered steerer a custom tuned fox float ctd factory shock and sram x01 11 speed drivetrain.
We won t dwell on the build too much as this bike shares many of the same construction features we noted in our review of the s works camber here. The camber expert evo is very much a bike of two halves. In the end we decided on a middle ground and chose to ride the 2014 camber expert carbon evo 29. What didn t attract me to the camber evo.